The Big Sing is back

Download the spreadsheet of schools taking part (Excel file, 479KB)

Once downloaded use the tabs to search the list by school name or postcode.

Over 300,000 children will fill their school halls on Thursday November 27 at 2:45pm, to join Des'ree in singing her hit song You gotta be as she performs live from the O2 arena.

But there's room for plenty more - with only six weeks to go before registration closes, the Big Sing organisers, Young Voices are calling for schools across the country to join in the challenge.

Get your local school involved by visiting The Big Sing website www.bigsing.com and register to be a record breaker today.

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Notes to Editors

For information on which schools are participating in your area, please visit www.mariecurie.org.uk/bigsing.

For media enquiries about the Big Sing, please contact Louise Crabbe, PR Executive on 0207 599 7713 or louise.crabbe@mariecurie.org.uk

The Big Sing

This is the third Big Sing concert to have taken place. In 2005, The Big Sing Choir, made up of singing superstars Joss Stone, Lemar and Ms Dynamite, and 293,978 youngsters throughout the UK, performed live from the Royal Albert Hall and smashed the record already held for the largest simultaneous sing along of Young Voices and raised £143,000 for charity.

CLIC Sargent

Every day 10 families are told that their child has cancer. Diagnosis often comes as a shock. Treatment usually starts straightaway and can last up to three years. As the children’s cancer charity, CLIC Sargent is there with clinical, practical and emotional support, every step of the way. For more information visit www.clicsargent.org.uk or call the Child Cancer Helpline on 0800 197 0068.

Marie Curie Cancer Care

Marie Curie Cancer Care is best known for its network of Marie Curie Nurses working in the community to provide free end-of-life care for patients in their own homes. The charity expects to provide care to around 27,000 terminally ill patients in the community and in its 10 hospices this year. For more information visit: www.mariecurie.org.uk.

Youth Music

Youth Music is one of the National Lottery’s great success stories. Set up in 1999, with a remit to support music-making activities for some of the UK’s most disadvantaged young people, Youth Music has gone on to reach over two million children and young people, encouraging their talents, building their confidence and transforming the landscape of musical opportunity throughout the UK. The music-making supported is of the widest variety, from hip-hop and DJ-ing to classical and jazz. www.youthmusic.org.uk